The Preakness - travel tips and info

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Originally Posted by Cardus

I've stayed both in the Inner Harbor -- Holiday Inn, and got lucky twice by getting a room on Friday of that weekend, but that was years ago -- and in Hunts Valley, which is north of Pimlico, from which you can take the light rail. If you do not need the Inner Harbor, stay at a hotel in Hunts Valley and go to the Phoenix House (I'll confirm that name). It is a very nice restaurant which can handle groups, too.

The problem that I have experienced with the Preakness almost every year is leaving the track. It seems as if there is absolutely NO F---ING PLAN to how to take the shuttles back to either Rogers Avenue (metro) or Cold Spring Lane (light rail). It is always a mess, even if I stay well past the last race, which is usually about one hour after the Preakness.

Taking a cab back to the Inner Harbor is OK ($20 or $25), but taking one to Hunts Valley is frigging robbery ($60), even if you are there quickly.

I say each year that I will never go back, but (roll tape of Al Pacino), "they keep pulling me back in."

Sounds like Churchill leaving the Derby!